Rotatory effects in the Beheading of Goliath before and after Michelangelo

Explores the iconography of David beheading Goliath, focusing on works from the 15th to the early 17th cs., with particular attention to Michelangelo's spandrel fresco in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. Includes a couple of earlier examples. Most of the works are paintings or drawings, but other media are included (prints, sculpture, and a mosaic). ;